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CLARKSBURG

Program
NYS Historic
Subject
Site
Location
New Oregon Road and Clarksburg Road, Eden, NY
Lat/Long
42.620147, -78.831183
Grant Recipient
Town of Eden
Historic Marker

CLARKSBURG

Inscription

CLARKSBURG
EST.1819.NAMED FOR EARLY
SETTLER SIMEON CLARK, WHO
BUILT A SAWMILL & GRISTMILL
NEAR HERE CA. 1820. FIRST
SCHOOL ESTABLISHED CA 1839.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2012

Clarksburg is a hamlet in the southeast part of the Town of Eden on a branch of Eighteen Mile Creek. Named after Simeon Clark, Clarksburg was established around 1819. Clark built a grist mill, a saw mill and a shop for making spinning wheels. The first school was established sometime near 1839.